Mathews Chiran

While two-wheeler ridesharing services have brought relief to commuters in the city, lack of regulation has introduced some challenges as well.

It was lunchtime on Thursday and Polly Begum's phone was ringing. It was her husband Atiqur Rahman.

A hush falls over the concrete bench as a small group is huddled around two men sitting across each other, eyes locked on the 64

Growing up in the hilly areas of Rangamati, Suro Krishna Chakma was always keen on sports. During his school years, he made his way to Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protisthan (BKSP), and took up boxing.

Lying on a bed, they stared at each other. One could count bones on their ribcages.

Panthapath to Karwan Bazar is one of the busiest roads in Dhaka. Every day the road sees heavy traffic.

In the journey of life, whenever people seek motivation to move ahead, they try to draw inspiration from those who are considered unprecedented in their own fields.

What is the origin of Garo people? How did they endure? What are their age-old traditions that help them remain together and uphold values?

Just a day after Pahela Falgun, the Amar Ekushey book fair was once again bustling with young couples yesterday, this time clad in red instead of yellow on the occasion of Valentine's Day.

Have you ever read a poem where each line is written by a different poet? Or one that is composed based just on a painting? How about a verse that must contain specific words chosen by a group of writers?

National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam believed that anything that was created in the world, half of the credit goes to men, and half to women.

One of the refreshing sights of the Ekushey Grantha Mela is seeing people of all ages with diverse interests, coming together with one thing common among them: the love of reading. And the country's biggest book fair doesn't disappoint; from illustrated fables for children to the most serious political discourse -- it's hard to find a topic on which there is no book at the fair.

For children, yesterday's Shishu Prohor of this year's Amar Ekushey Grantha Mela became extra special as they were greeted by two special guests.

For bookworms in Bangladesh, the name of Prof Muhammed Zafar Iqbal is synonymous with science fiction.

Structures of various shapes and sizes, many of which are unfinished, surround a pond, filled with murky black water.

Although the Amar Ekushey Grantha Mela is yet to go in full bloom, bookworms are already scouting the stalls looking for new reading material.

At first glance, it looks like an ordinary auto-rickshaw with three wheels.

For about four years while the construction of the Moghbazar-Mouchak flyover was going on, residents of the city suffered through hours of traffic gridlocks, bumpy rides on submerged or pothole-riddled road below it, and severe air and noise pollution,

While the 11th national election has just been done and dusted, it has left its mark on the capital -- as it has on the rest of the country -- through thousands of posters and banners strewn across thoroughfares and alleyways alike.

When Rajon was born in 2016, his parents -- Mossammat Shajna and Gaus Ali -- were elated. He was after all their first child and the couple had been trying to conceive for a while.